Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

What does misattribution mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word misattribution? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The act or process of misattributing.
  2. An incorrect attribution.
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder
Examples
Anonymity adds to the risk that mistakes, misattribution and miscalculation will lead to military escalation with conventional weapons or cyberarms.
Erne spends most of the chapter going through each misattribution in medium-scale detail.
But I hope that I may be allowed to point out a very grave misunderstanding and misattribution, and to protest the calumny with which the attack on me reaches its crescendo.
There is a potential misattribution of echo measurement data from one patient's report to another patient's report.
The practice of misattribution has a long history, but it has thrived in recent years thanks to the Internet, where minor falsehoods metastasize at an alarming speed.
Presidential candidates, possessed of more abundant airtime, perhaps, than ideas with which to fill it, are the Dorothy Parkers of misquotation and misattribution.

See Also

Nearby Definitions
14-letter Words Starting With
Find Definitions
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024